Cretaceous isochron ages from K-Ar and 40Ar / 39Ar dating of eclogitic rocks in the Tso Morari Complex, western Himalaya, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-440

  Gouzu, Chitaro ^a   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^a,b   Hyodo, Hironobu ^a,b   Ahmad, Talat ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Himalaya; K Ar system age; P T t history; Tso Morari Complex; UHP rocks

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL; PARAGONITE; PELITE; PHENGITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SCHIST;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 33646272175     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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